MIT Graduate Students Defeat Discriminatory Dues Demands From Radical Campus Union

Union must cease forced dues, inform thousands of MIT graduate students of right to defund union politics BOSTON, MA – National Right to Work Foundation-backed MIT graduate students who fought for their legal rights have earned well-deserved victories. But defending basic free association rights shouldn’t require such complicated litigation.

Jewish CUNY Professors’ Groundbreaking Bid at Supreme Court Challenging Forced Union Association Fully Briefed

Profs challenge NY law forcing them under ‘representation’ of anti-Semitic union officials; seek First Amendment ruling against union coercion of public employees WASHINGTON, DC – The final brief has been submitted urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear six City University of New York (CUNY) professors’ First Amendment case challenging the monopoly representation powers of Professional Staff Congress (PSC) union officials.

National Right to Work Foundation Offers Free Legal Aid to Amazon Workers Who Seek to Rebuff Teamsters Strike Order

Notice: Amazon Employees and Amazon Delivery Service Partner employees impacted by strike should resign their memberships before returning to work WASHINGTON, DC - The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has released a legal notice to Amazon employees and drivers for Amazon Delivery Service Partners (DSPs), informing them that they have options to continue working and providing for themselves and their families in the face of a strike order issued by Teamsters union officials.

Ruling in Favor of Vanderbilt Grad Students’ Privacy Protections Prompts UAW Affiliate to Abandon Unionization Effort

Separately, Dartmouth and MIT graduate students charge UE affiliates with demanding union dues from them in violation of SCOTUS precedent NASHVILLE, TN - Following three Vanderbilt University graduate students’ privacy-related legal challenges to the union’s efforts to gain monopoly bargaining privileges on campus, United Auto Workers (UAW) union officials have withdrawn their campaign at the school.

Hundreds of Northern Ohio Workers Vote Against Teamsters Union Boss Control

Toledo-area scrap metal employees and Wooster Frito-Lay warehouse workers get union ‘decertification votes’ certified over union bosses’ objections OHIO - Hundreds of employees from across Northern Ohio have voted in favor of removing Teamsters union control at their workplaces.

California and Georgia Truck Drivers Petition for Votes to Remove Teamsters Union Bosses

Efforts come in the face of Teamsters-backed Biden-Harris Labor Board rule designed to disenfranchise workers California & Georgia – Two sets of trucking employees have filed petitions seeking elections to remove International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Teamsters) union officials from power in their workplaces.

Full Foundation Action September/October 2024 Newsletter Now Online

All articles from the September/October 2024 edition of Foundation Action are now online.

Bronx KIPP Charter School Educator Hits UFT Union Bosses with Federal Charges Detailing Illegal Threats, Dues Demands

KIPP teachers have also petitioned federal labor board for vote to remove AFT-affiliated union from school NEW YORK, NY - Uriel Barrera, an educator at KIPP Academy Middle School in the Bronx, has hit United Federation of Teachers Local 2 union officials with federal charges for illegally threatening teachers with the loss of existing benefits if they choose not to join the union, and for demanding dues payments from teachers with no legal authority to do so.

Portland–Area Fred Meyer Employee Wins Dispute with UFCW Union Local 555 Over Illegal Union Threats

UFCW union bosses backed down after facing federal charges for threatening workers who wouldn’t join union strike PORTLAND, OR – Reegin Schaffer, a Portland-area Fred Meyer employee, has prevailed in her dispute with United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) Local 555.

Starbucks Barista Asks Labor Board to Overturn Regional Official’s Decision to Continue Blocking Vote to Remove Union

With original case cited as grounds for blocking vote settled, worker pushes for decertification election to oust SBWU Oklahoma City, OK – Starbucks employee Amy Smith has filed a Request for Review with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, D.C., asking the agency to review a regional NLRB order tossing her petition seeking an election to remove the Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) union from her Oklahoma City store.